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Tricentennial Capsule

 
 
Tricentennial Capsule Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, December 5, 2022
1. Tricentennial Capsule Marker
Inscription.
New York State
Tricentennial Capsule
To be opened in April 2077
Was Dedicated at Town Hall, Putnam Valley
In October 1977 by the
Girl Scouts of Putnam Valley
In Cooperation with the
Putnam Valley Bicentennial

 
Erected 1977.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Notable EventsWomen.
 
Location. 41° 22.046′ N, 73° 51.958′ W. Marker is in Putnam Valley, New York, in Putnam County. It can be reached from Oscawana Lake Road north of Canopus Hollow Road, on the left when traveling north. Located in the John Layman Veterans Memorial Park, next to Putnam Valley Town Hall. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 265 Oscawana Lake Road, Putnam Valley NY 10579, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in the Hudson Valley, and in the New York City Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western
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World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Putnam Valley Veterans Monument (here, next to this marker); Hempstead Huts (approx. 1.6 miles away); Adams Corners (approx. 1.7 miles away); Oregon Corners (approx. 2.4 miles away); Fort Hill (approx. 2½ miles away); Twin Redoubts (approx. 2.6 miles away); Old Schoolhouse (approx. 2.7 miles away); Mohegan Lake School World War I Memorial (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Putnam Valley.
 
Tricentennial Capsule Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, December 5, 2022
2. Tricentennial Capsule Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 8, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 8, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 178 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 8, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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